Reuters - A passenger plane carrying 172 passengers from Tehran to Damascus made an emergency landing at the Russian-controlled Hmeimim Air Base in Syria on Thursday to avoid coming under fire from Syrian air defenses, Russia said on Friday. The Syrian forces were responding to Israeli strikes on targets in Syria, Defense Ministry spokesman Igor ...

SANA - Five drones launched towards the Russian military base in Hmeimim Airport in Lattakia province were downed on Monday evening. SANA reporter in Lattakia said that the drones were destroyed in air at a safe distance from the airbase without any causalities or material damage in the area. R. Jazaeri/

Press TV- Russias Defense Ministry says a cargo plane operated by the Russian militaryhas crashed in Syria, killing at least 39 people on board. The ministry said in a statement on Tuesday that 33 passengers and six crew members were on board the plane when it crashed while landing in Hmeimim airbase in the western Syrian province of Latakia. "On ...